The Shiba Inu team announced that it will conduct a comprehensive privacy upgrade on its Shibarium platform and collaborate with an artificial intelligence gaming company to enhance the utility of the SHIB Token.
Official spokesperson Lucie stated on X that the Shibarium platform is expected to achieve full on-chain privacy in the second quarter of 2026. The crypto company Zama will introduce Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) technology to the network, allowing smart contracts to execute directly on encrypted data without the need for decryption, thereby enhancing transaction and contract security. This technology will transform Shibarium from a regular Layer-2 chain into a blockchain network focused on privacy. Zama's public testnet has gone live on the Ethereum Sepolia network, with plans to launch on the Ethereum mainnet before the end of the year, expand to EVM-compatible chains in the first half of 2026, and deploy to Solana before the end of the year.
This privacy upgrade comes at a time when the Shibarium system development is active. In early July, Shiba Inu updated the Shibarium Developer Center, further promoting the increase in daily trading volume.
At the same time, Shiba Inu announced a partnership with TokenPlay AI to create an interactive gaming application themed around Shiba, incorporating a blockchain reward system to provide more ecological benefits for SHIB holders. The application is powered by Astra Nova technology and supported by NVIDIA, AGI Research, and Alibaba Cloud infrastructure, assisting developers in quickly creating applications and games without the need to write code.
The AI-centric roadmap set by Shytoshi resonates with this collaboration, aiming to integrate AI, gaming, and blockchain incentive mechanisms into the SHIB ecosystem, further enhancing the practical application value of the Token.
This upgrade and collaboration marks a key step for Shiba Inu in privacy protection and ecological practicality, and is expected to attract more developers and users to participate in the Shibarium platform.
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